Museums, Collectors & Collecting
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Max's WordsMax's brothers have grand collections that everyone makes a big fuss over. Benjamin collects stamps and Karl collects coins, and neither one will share with their little brother. So Max decides to start a collection of his own. He's going to collect words. He...
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The Matchbox Diary"Instantly engrossing, free of self-pity, and resonant with resilience and gratitude . . . A powerful introduction to the American immigrant story." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) When a little girl visits her great-grandfather, she asks about the collection of matchboxes harboring objects she...
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James to the Rescue: The Masterpiece Adventures Book TwoIn this Masterpiece Adventure, the second in a chapter book series for younger readers from Elise Broach, bestselling author of Masterpiece, Marvin the beetle is going collecting with his family. All is good and well until Uncle Albert gets hurt. Marvin needs James's help...
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ArtforumArtforum is certainly one of César Aira's most charming, quirky, and funny books to date. Consisting of a series of interrelated stories about his compulsion to collect Artforum magazine, this is not about art so much as it is about passionate obsession. At first...
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Mr. Pack Rat Really Wants ThatMr. Pack Rat is a particularly acquisitive small mammal with a hoarding problem (sound like someone you know?). Through trial and error, he begins to question whether having more things is really the secret to happiness. Although real life pack rats (genus Neotoma) build...
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Dewey BobA sweet raccoon character stars in this endearing tale of unexpected friendship from the creator of the bestselling Skippyjon Jones Dewey Bob Crockett is a durn cute raccoon who lives by himself in a house filled to the brim with the wonderful objects he...
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The Two Mutch SistersA playful look at sisterhood and honoring differences when having some things in common doesn't mean having everything in common. The two Mutch sisters have two of everything, and Violet believes they are as perfectly matched as the objects in their collections. Ruby, however,...
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Collection Thinking: Within and Without Libraries, Archives and MuseumsCollection Thinking is a volume of essays that thinks across and beyond critical frameworks from library, archival, and museum studies to understand the meaning of "collection" as an entity and as an act. It offers new models for understanding how collections have been imagined...
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Forest of MemoryKatya deals in Authenticities and Captures, trading on nostalgia for a past long gone. Her clients are rich and they demand items and experiences with only the finest verifiable provenance. Other people's lives have value, after all. But when her A.I. suddenly stops whispering...
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Cork & Fuzz: The CollectorsCork is a short muskrat who likes to collect shiny stones. Fuzz is a tall possum who also likes to collect shiny stones. Fuzz tries to collect a stone from a duck s nest and, in turn, the mama duck tries to collect him....
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The Proud ButtonAn inspiring story about believing in a magical button and, more importantly, about believing in yourself. For children ages 5 years and up. Isabelle is a shy little girl who loves to play. While everyone plays or works together, Isabelle always stands aside. When...
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Collecting in the Twenty-First Century: From Museums to the WebAn interdisciplinary volume of essays identifying the impact of technology on the age-old cultural practice of collecting as well as the opportunities and pitfalls of collecting in the digital era. Seminal to the rise of human cultures, the practice of collecting is an expression...
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The Giants and the JonesesJumbeelia the young giantess loves to hear the old story about the iggly plop who climbed up the bimplestonk to the giants' land of Groil. Then, one day, she throws a bimple over the edge of Groil. Down, down, down Jumbeelia climbs--right down into...
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Texas Museum Directory, 1985Texas Museum Directory, 1985Perhaps one of the words that best describes Texas is variety. Whether one is considering weather, geography, cultural groups, or architecture, a variety is available in the Lone Star State. Texas museums offer a microcosm of the states varied cultural and...
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Geology and Inhabitants of the Ancient WorldGeology and Inhabitants of the Ancient WorldBefore entering upon a description of the restorations of the Extinct Animals, placed on the Geological Islands in the great Lake, a brief account may be premised of the principles and procedures adopted in carrying out this attempt...
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The Real ThingThe Real Thing"May I see it?" asked Smith. The lifeless face of the mathematician brightened as he peered through the quartz top at a dollar bill marked W8265286A. "I can only get the worthless real stuff. Ancient governments always destroyed counterfeits. But you're in...
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The Palace and ParkThe Palace and Park - Its Natural History, and Its Portrait Gallery, Together with a Description of the Pompeian CourtThe arrangement of the present edition has been made with the view of simplifying, as much as possible, the reference to particular objects; as well...
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Chats on English ChinaChats on English ChinaThis little volume has been primarily written with a view to enable the possessors of old china to determine the factories at which their ware was produced. A modest attempt has been made to show that the china-shelf is a record...
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The Pleasures of CollectingThe Pleasures of CollectingYour true collector does not apologize for his hobbies; he exalts their virtues. Necessity may occasionally compel him to resort to the camouflage of mid-interest, as when his family is not in sympathy with his pursuits; or, again, as when fate...
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Suppressed Plates, Wood-engravings, &cSuppressed Plates, Wood-engravings, &c. - Together with Other Curiosities Germane Thereto; Being an Account of Certain Matters Peculiarly Alluring to the CollectorNO one who has the itch for book-collecting will deny that suppressed book illustrations are, what the forbidden fruit was to our mother...
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